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Eight years ago Michelle Ferrier was forced to quit her job as a newspaper columnist and move to a different state after being targeted by racist hate mail. But Ferrier has managed to turn a traumatic experience into an empowering one by inspiring a team of tech-savvy media professionals and entrepreneurs to create TrollBusters, a digital tool to combat online harassment, known as "trolling," of women.

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Nairobi, September 16, 2013--The decision by authorities at Kality Prison to
impose visitor restrictions on imprisoned journalist Reeyot Alemu constitutes
harassment and runs counter to the Ethiopian constitution, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today.

"We call upon the Ethiopian authorities to lift these latest restrictions and
allow Reeyot Alemu to receive all visitors," said CPJ East Africa Consultant
Tom Rhodes. "She is a journalist, not a criminal, and should not be behind
bars."